Table III.

Associations between the expression levels of the differentially expressed autophagy-related genes and the clinicopathological characteristics of the patients with thyroid cancer.

Genes	Age (≥60/<60)		Sex (male/female)		Tumor status (with tumor/ tumor free)		Primary neoplasm focus type (multifocal/unifocal)		Pathological stage (III–IV/I–II)		T stage (T3-T4/T1-T2)		N stage (N1–3/N0)		M stage (M1/M0)
	t	P	t	P	t	P	t	P	t	P	t	P	t	P	t	P
PRKCQ	0.738	0.461	1.769	0.077	−0.586	0.561	2.177	0.030	−4.205	<0.001	−4.422	<0.001	−7.517	<0.001	−0.925	0.356
BID	−2.118	0.036	0.116	0.908	−0.863	0.388	0.249	0.803	2.455	0.015	2.939	0.003	7.215	<0.001	0.015	0.988
DNAJB1	−0.404	0.686	−2.022	0.044	0.611	0.544	−1.113	0.266	1.602	0.110	1.623	0.105	0.722	0.471	−0.780	0.436
SERPINA1	−1.395	0.165	−0.159	0.874	−0.955	0.340	−0.254	0.800	4.473	<0.001	4.128	<0.001	8.000	<0.001	−0.269	0.788
JUN	−0.803	0.422	−1.160	0.247	0.817	0.414	−1.061	0.289	−1.977	0.049	−1.201	0.230	−0.869	0.385	−0.368	0.713
BCL2	−0.429	0.668	−0.140	0.888	−0.851	0.395	1.360	0.174	−5.356	<0.001	−5.008	<0.001	−7.931	<0.001	−0.180	0.857
ITGA3	−1.303	0.194	−0.474	0.635	0.064	0.949	−0.939	0.348	4.597	<0.001	4.925	<0.001	8.375	<0.001	0.700	0.484
CX3CL1	−1.720	0.086	−0.327	0.744	−1.417	0.157	−0.636	0.525	1.142	0.254	1.311	0.190	3.531	<0.001	−0.369	0.712
ITPR1	0.422	0.673	0.602	0.548	0.959	0.338	1.070	0.285	−4.242	<0.001	−4.572	<0.001	−5.818	<0.001	0.484	0.628
BCL2L1	−1.200	0.231	1.396	0.163	−0.406	0.685	−0.594	0.553	3.915	<0.001	4.228	<0.001	6.575	<0.001	−1.061	0.289
BAX	−0.846	0.398	1.439	0.151	−0.642	0.521	−2.220	0.027	2.903	0.004	2.424	0.016	1.684	0.093	−0.017	0.986
EVA1A	−1.193	0.233	−0.652	0.514	−0.175	0.861	−0.946	0.344	3.751	<0.001	3.992	<0.001	7.606	<0.001	0.174	0.862
TP53INP2	0.273	0.785	0.386	0.700	0.264	0.792	1.582	0.114	−5.373	<0.001	−4.559	<0.001	−6.27	<0.001	−0.246	0.806
CDKN2A	1.427	0.155	−0.257	0.797	1.009	0.318	−3.076	0.002	3.555	<0.001	4.166	<0.001	4.892	<0.001	0.429	0.668
PPP1R15A	−1.923	0.055	−0.887	0.375	1.112	0.267	−1.050	0.294	−0.448	0.654	−0.078	0.938	1.984	0.048	0.067	0.947
DRAM1	−2.823	0.005	0.104	0.918	−1.486	0.138	0.696	0.487	1.918	0.056	1.813	0.070	6.336	<0.001	−0.561	0.575
DIRAS3	−1.781	0.077	−0.414	0.679	−0.326	0.744	0.408	0.684	1.648	0.100	0.637	0.525	2.936	0.004	0.811	0.418
ITGB4	−0.674	0.500	0.638	0.524	−0.068	0.946	−0.773	0.440	3.519	<0.001	3.228	0.001	6.604	<0.001	−0.038	0.970
FOS	0.275	0.783	−1.45	0.148	0.320	0.749	0.147	0.883	−2.484	0.013	−1.871	0.062	−1.584	0.114	−0.078	0.938
DAPK2	−2.154	0.032	0.963	0.336	−0.939	0.348	−0.513	0.608	3.144	0.002	3.324	0.001	5.245	<0.001	0.054	0.957
SPHK1	−0.124	0.901	−0.415	0.678	−0.210	0.834	−1.400	0.162	5.177	<0.001	4.727	<0.001	5.811	<0.001	0.628	0.530
CTSB	0.843	0.399	−1.909	0.057	−1.768	0.078	−0.474	0.636	2.563	0.011	2.866	0.004	1.413	0.158	−0.257	0.798
IL24	0.535	0.593	0.686	0.493	−0.357	0.721	−1.435	0.152	2.83	0.005	1.724	0.085	5.371	<0.001	−0.944	0.346
CDKN1A	−1.840	0.066	−0.475	0.635	−1.183	0.243	−2.734	0.006	0.379	0.705	1.311	0.190	1.898	0.058	−0.329	0.742
TP63	−2.005	0.046	−0.174	0.862	0.152	0.879	1.096	0.274	1.017	0.31	0.358	0.721	6.862	<0.001	−0.185	0.858
MAP1LC3C	0.536	0.592	−1.159	0.247	0.122	0.903	−0.760	0.448	−1.689	0.092	−2.294	0.022	−3.439	0.001	−0.989	0.323
CCL2	0.289	0.772	−0.22	0.826	−1.154	0.249	−1.192	0.234	1.635	0.103	1.194	0.233	3.221	0.001	−1.761	0.079
CXCR4	−1.925	0.055	−0.543	0.587	−0.075	0.940	0.239	0.811	−0.311	0.756	0.739	0.460	3.417	0.001	−0.325	0.746
HSPB8	−1.178	0.240	−1.060	0.290	−0.581	0.561	−0.999	0.318	−2.801	0.005	−1.221	0.223	−2.123	0.034	−1.446	0.149
ATG9B	−0.027	0.979	0.908	0.364	0.761	0.447	−1.963	0.050	2.011	0.045	1.896	0.059	1.977	0.049	0.647	0.536
GRID2	0.846	0.980	0.436	0.663	1.504	0.133	−1.342	0.180	−0.049	0.961	0.403	0.687	−2.785	0.006	1.779	0.076